The WFTDA is partnering with Dr.Hauschka Skin Care to promote natural health and healing. The holistic skin care brand will serve as the official first aid “Knockdown Sponsor” for WFTDA, keeping Dr.Hauschka relief trackside to aid players in a speedy, healthy healing process during competitions.

"Our brand offers highly effective skin care that can completely transform the skin as well as incredible homeopathic remedies that are able to heal all kinds of bumps, bruises and other contact-sport related ailments experienced in competitive roller derby,” said Mirran Raphaely, CEO of Dr.Hauschka Skin Care. “We’re thrilled to assist these amazing, accomplished athletes in healing injuries quickly and naturally, supporting their performance on and off the flat track."

As the official Knockdown Sponsor, Dr.Hauschka has provided each WFTDA member league with a selection of products for their first aid kits. WFTDA competitors, officials and fans will also be able to learn more about Dr.Hauschka products during the 2010 WFTDA Playoffs and Championships this fall.

“Flat track derby is filled with intense competitors and although we consider our bruises to be badges of honor, quick recovery is important to stay at the top of your game,” said Kim Stegeman, aka Rocket Mean, WFTDA Sponsorship Chair. “Like the ladies of the WFTDA, Dr.Hauschka products are made from beautiful, strong ingredients that are capable of defeating highly punishing foes.”

The Women’s Flat Track Derby Association is hosting its first-ever training clinics for affiliated referees. All referees affiliated with a WFTDA member or apprentice league are eligible to attend, as well as unaffiliated refs who hold WFTDA certification.

Photo by Jules Doyle

All WFTDA member leagues should ensure that their officiating staff is represented at one of the clinics.

“We will be discussing and learning the what and how of top-level flat track roller derby officiating,” Tootie Tinwhistle, WFTDA Ref Committee Chair, said of the clinics. “Without this knowledge, you will be left behind as an official, and your league will be trying to keep up with all of the other leagues in the know.”

Sessions at the two-day clinics are geared toward officials with at least a moderate level of experience. Clinics will be held in each WFTDA game play region throughout the summer:

• North Central: Minnesota RollerGirls — August 7-8
• South Central: Memphis Roller Derby — August 14-15
• East: Long Island Roller Rebels — August 21-22
• West: Rat City Rollergirls — August 21-22

Space is limited. Register here: wftda.com/officiating/clinics

The Women’s Flat Track Derby Association’s Apprentice Membership Program accepted 16 new leagues in July 2010.

Congratulations to:

• Babe City Rollers - Bemidji, MN
• Cape Fear Roller Girls - Wilmington, NC
• Cherry City Derby Girls - Salem, OR
• Choice City Rebels - Fort Collins, CO
• CoMo Derby Dames - Columbia, MO
• Gold Coast Derby Grrls - Fort Lauderdale, FL
• Hub City Derby Dames - Hattiesburg, MS
• Lafayette Brawlin’ Dolls - Lafayette, IN
• Lilac City Rollergirls - Spokane, WA
• Little City Roller Girls - Johnson City, TN
• NRV Roller Girls - Christiansburg, VA
• Oklahoma City Roller Derby - Oklahoma City, OK
• Red Stick Roller Derby - Baton Rouge, LA
• Rocktown Rollers - Harrisonburg, VA
• Toronto Roller Derby - Toronto, ON
• Twin City Derby Girls- Champaign, IL

There are now 52 women’s flat track roller derby leagues enjoying the benefits of WFTDA Apprenticeship. Designed to act as a “WFTDA 101” tutorial, the Apprentice Program matches new leagues with an established WFTDA mentor, who guides her apprentice through the processes and requirements necessary to becoming a full member. The mentor will also offer advice and encouragement about league-specific issues – everything from league formation to how to become ranked and qualify for WFTDA sponsored tournaments. Upon completion of the program, apprentice leagues have the knowledge needed to apply for full WFTDA membership. The first 11 leagues to complete the Apprentice Program became full WFTDA members in June.

The weekend of June 25-27, 2010 was packed with WFTDA-sanctioned action thanks to the 2010 East Coast Derby Extravaganza in Feasterville, PA. The event featured 21 bouts between 21 WFTDA member leagues from throughout the United States and Canada.

ECE 2010 offered an abundance of nail-bitingly close games that packed the house and had fans on the edge of their seats, including the headline match-ups between hosts the Philly Roller Girls and the Windy City Rollers June 26, and the Boston Derby Dames versus Portland, Oregon’s Rose City Rollers June 27.

Results of WFTDA-sanctioned games at ECE 2010:

• Gotham Girls Roller Derby (New York, NY) 191 – Windy City Rollers (Chicago, IL) 50

• Nashville Rollergirls (Nashville, TN) 117 – DC Rollergirls (Washington, D.C.) 86
• Naptown Roller Girls (Indianapolis, IN) 100 – Maine Roller Derby (Portland, ME) 96
• Suburbia Roller Derby (Yonkers, NY) 170 – Harrisburg Area Roller Derby (Harrisburg, PA) 66
• Dutchland Rollers (Lancaster, PA) 132 – Hammer City Roller Girls (Hamilton, ON) 79
• Montreal Roller Derby (Montreal, QC) 288 – Dominion Derby Girls (Virginia Beach, VA) 27
• Minnesota RollerGirls (St. Paul, MN) 98 – Tampa Bay Derby Darlins (Tampa, FL) 96
• North Star Roller Girls (Minneapolis, MN) 105 – Nashville Rollergirls 69
• B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls (San Francisco, CA) 234 – Providence Roller Derby (Providence, RI) 65
• Gotham Girls Roller Derby 166 – Boston Derby Dames (Boston, MA) 82
• Rose City Rollers (Portland, OR) 189 – Carolina Rollergirls (Raleigh, NC) 31
• Philly Roller Girls (Philadelphia, PA) 110 – Windy City Rollers 89

• Dutchland Rollers 260 – Harrisburg Area Roller Derby 78
• DC Rollergirls 122 – Naptown Roller Girls 106
• Suburbia Roller Derby 184 – Hammer City Roller Girls 95
• Montreal Roller Derby 197 – Tampa Bay Derby Darlins 57
• Maine Roller Derby 233 – Dominion Derby Girls 50
• Philly Roller Girls 203 – B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls 98
• Minnesota RollerGirls 131 – Providence Roller Derby 127
• North Star Roller Girls 99 – Carolina Rolergirls 70
• Rose City Rollers 87 – Boston Derby Dames 61

The WFTDA congratulates and thanks the Philly Roller Girls for making the ECE a cherished annual tradition for flat-track roller derby!

The Philly Roller Girls are once again hosting the tournament that's made them notorious, the summer slam of roller derby, the East Coast Derby Extravaganza! ECE is a large-scale women's flat track roller derby event featuring an entire weekend full of competition by teams from across the US and Canada filled with as much fun and sun a derby gal can handle.

85+ flat track women's roller derby leagues will face off in some fierce competition June 25-27, 2010 at the Sportsplex in Feasterville, PA.

The East Coast Derby Extravaganza is one of multiple flat-track roller derby tournaments to be officially recognized by the WFTDA in 2010. Two rinks will feature full-length, sanctioned bouts between all-star teams of WFTDA member leagues, while an additional rink will host half-hour challenge bouts between travel teams not participating in WFTDA action, as well as home teams and Extravaganza-special teams composed of players from across the derby world. That's three rinks of simultaneous derby action!

Results from sanctioned games are used to determine regional rankings among WFTDA member leagues. The top teams in each region from these rankings as of July will earn a spot in the first round of WFTDA playoffs. Tickets to the 2010 East Coast Derby Extravaganza are available in single-bout, single-day or full-weekend passes. You can find them here on Ticket Leap.

All registered skaters and staff are free to attend after they have checked in (the registration table is open 5pm - 8pm). Tickets are available online and at the door for unregistered attendees. The first bout begins at 6pm on Friday with the Philly Independence Dolls taking on the Gotham Girls Wall Street Traitors in a regulation bout. Then at 7:30pm the Gotham Girls take on the Windy City Rollers in a WFTDA sanctioned bout.

Participant member leagues in WFTDA-Sanctioned ECE2010 action are:

Bay Area Derby Girls
Boston Derby Dames
Carolina Roller Girls
D.C. Rollergirls
Dominion Derby Girls
Dutchland Derby Rollers
Gotham Girls Roller Derby
Hammer City Roller Girls
Harrisburg Area Roller Derby
Maine Roller Derby
Minnesota Roller Girls
Montreal Roller Derby
Naptown Roller Girls
Nashville Roller Girls
North Star Roller Girls
Philly Roller Girls
Providence Roller Derby
Rose City Rollers
Suburbia Roller Derby
Tampa Bay Derby Darlins
Windy City Rollers

• Click here for more information on the event and to find all the participating leagues

  • Saturday Schedule
  • Sunday Schedule

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• ECE Preview: #1 Gotham vs #9 Windy City courtesy of Derby News Network

• Derby News Network Live Coverage: East Coast Derby Extravaganza 2010

• Derby News Network ECE Capsule Recaps

Friday Jun 25th
6:00pm: Gotham Wall Street Traitors vs. Philly Independence Dolls
7:30pm: Gotham vs. Windy City

Saturday Jun 26th
10:30am: DC vs. Nashville
11:00am: Maine vs. Naptown
12:30pm: Suburbia vs. Harrisburg
1:00pm: Hammer City vs. Dutchland
2:30pm: Montreal vs. Dominion
3:00pm: Minnesota vs. Tampa Bay
4:30pm: Nashville vs. North Star
5:00pm: Bay Area vs. Providence
6:30pm: Boston vs. Gotham
7:00pm: Carolina vs. Rose City
8:30pm: Windy City vs. Philly

Sunday Jun 27th
10:30am: Dutchland vs. Harrisburg
11:00am: Naptown vs. DC
12:30pm: Hammer City vs. Suburbia
1:00pm: Tampa Bay vs. Montreal
2:30pm: Dominion vs. Maine
3:00pm: Bay Area vs. Philly
4:30pm: Providence vs. Minnesota
5:00pm: North Star vs. Carolina
6:30pm: Boston vs. Rose City

The Women’s Flat Track Derby Association grew a little bigger today. For the first time since mid-2009 we are adding new members.

Congratulations and welcome to our first “class” of graduating Apprentice leagues:

• Demolition City Roller Derby of Evansville, IN
• Garden State Rollergirls of Wallington, NJ
• ICT Roller Girls of Wichita, KS
• London Rollergirls of London, UK
• New Hampshire Roller Derby of Nashua, NH
• Paper Valley Roller Girls of Appleton, WI
• Rockford Rage Women’s Roller Derby of Rockford, IL
• Rollergirls of Southern Indiana, of Evansville, IN
• Silicon Valley Rollergirls of San Jose, CA
• The Chicago Outfit of Chicago, IL
• Wasatch Roller Derby of Salt Lake City, UT

In addition, due to growing interest from women’s flat track roller derby leagues outside the United States, the WFTDA is forming two new regions: Canada and Europe. Until the Europe and Canada Regions are further developed, teams in those regions will continue to compete in the closest U.S. region for rankings and tournament eligibility. Montreal Roller Derby, of Montreal, Quebec, and new member London Rollergirls, of London, United Kingdom, compete in the East Region. Hammer City Roller Girls, of Hamilton, Ontario, competes in the North Central Region.

For the official press release, please visit http://wftda.com/press/WFTDA-welcomes-eleven-new-members-adds-new-regions

The Women's Flat Track Derby Association released a revised rule set May 26, 2010. This is the fifth full revision of the WFTDA rules since the organization developed the first shared rules for the sport of women's flat track roller derby in 2005. Revisions are aimed at maintaining safe, fair gameplay between teams as the sport and its competitive strategies continue to evolve.

To view the new rules version and a presentation highlighting the updates, go to wftda.com/rules.

AUSTIN, TX – The Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) is excited to announce the schedule for the organization’s 2010 Playoff series.

A series of four Regional Playoffs will kick off the weekend of Sept. 10 in Green Bay, WI, when teams from the North Central Region will meet in a three-day tournament. The Regional Playoffs will continue through Oct. 10, qualifying teams for the WFTDA Championships Nov. 5-7 in Chicago, IL.

The top 10 teams in each region will receive invitations to their respective regional tournaments in July. The regional rankings used to determine tournament invites will be based on a member league vote including games played through June 30. The top three finishers in each regional tournament will be eligible to move on to the WFTDA Championships.

The full 2010 WFTDA tournament schedule is as follows:

• Sept. 10-12 – North Central Region Playoffs, co-hosted by the Brewcity Bruisers and PMI Entertainment in Green Bay, WI
• Sept. 24-26 – East Region Playoffs, hosted by Suburbia Roller Derby in White Plains, NY
• Oct. 1-3 – West Region Playoffs, hosted by the Sacred City Derby Girls in Sacramento, CA
• Oct. 8-10 – South Central Region Playoffs, hosted by the No Coast Derby Girls in Lincoln, NE
• Nov. 5-7 – WFTDA Championships, hosted by the Windy City Rollers in Chicago, IL

Full details for those interested in attending the tournaments will be announced in late summer.

The first official WFTDA rankings of 2010 are in, and the start of the year has shown quite a bit of movement among the four game play regions. The first quarter rankings reflect games played through March 30, 2010.

• WFTDA Current Rankings

Looking to the West, you will see no movement on top as the #1 spot is held steady by the 2009 WFTDA Champions, the Oly Rollers. The Rose City Rollers get a bump to #4 while Rat City Rollergirls drop #5. Duke City Derby will slide up to the #6 spot, pushing the B.ay A.rea Derby Girls to spot #7. As more teams become active, it brings a little bit more of a shift as the Angel City Derby Girls move to #10 and Tucson moves to #8. Pikes Peak Derby Dames move to #11 followed by Jet City Rollergirls at #12, pushing Arizona Roller Derby down to spot #13. Lava City Roller Girls move into #14 and Slaughter County Roller Vixens at #15 moving the Salt Lake City Derby Girls two spots to #16.

The North Central Region shows less of a shift as the top four teams remain steady with The Windy City Roller Girls at #1, Brewcity Bruisers move to the #5 spot as the North Star Roller Girls move down one to #6. The next slight drop is at spot #10 with the Burning River Roller Girls as Grand Raggidy Rollergirls take spot #9. Omaha Rollergirls takes a jump to spot #12 from #15, shifting the lower region of the North, and Ohio Roller Girls moves down to #14.

There is finally some movement at the top as we approach the South Central Region. While the Texas Rollergirls are firmly placed at #1 and the Kansas City Roller Warriors in #2, the Atlanta Rollergirls have made their way into the #3 hot spot. The Dallas Derby Devils remain at #4 and Nashville Rollergirls creeps up to the #5 spot as Houston Roller Derby moves down to #6. There is definitely some movement in the middle of the South as Northwest Arkansas Roller Derby moves up to #10 and West Texas Roller Dollz move down two spots to #13. Assassination City Roller Derby takes a two-seat drop from #16 to #18 and Alamo City Rollergirls bring up the rear at #19.

Finally, the East has some interesting movement, but the top four teams remain consistent, led by Gotham Girls Roller Derby. Steel City Derby Demons are on the rise, moving to #5 from #7, bumping Carolina Roller Girls and Providence Roller Derby down to #6 and #7, respectively. Dutchland Derby Girls take a giant leap from spot #12 to spot #8 as does Montreal Roller Derby, now #9. DC Rollergirls are down a peg at spot #10. Maine Roller Derby drops to spot #11 from #8 and the CT Rollergirls move down a spot to #12.

WFTDA is excited to announce the April 2010 members of our Apprentice Program.

Congratulations to:

• Tri-City Roller Girls Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
• Humboldt Roller Derby Eureka, CA
• Fairbanks Rollergirls Fairbanks, AK
• Junction City Roller Dolls Ogden, UT
• Treasure Valley Rollergirls Boise, ID
• Charlotte Roller Girls Charlotte, NC
• Springfield Rollergirls Springfield, MO
• Chattanooga Rollergirls Chattanooga, TN
• Black-n-Bluegrass Rollergirls Florence, KY
• Glass City Rollers Toledo, OH
• Mason Dixon Roller Vixens Hagerstown, MD
• Castle Rock n Rollers Castle Rock, CO
• Rage City Rollergirls Anchorage, AK

These leagues join 35 other Apprentice leagues who are working toward full WFTDA membership while enjoying many of the benefits and resources the organization has to offer. Learn more about WFTDA membership at our How to Join WFTDA page.